Poem Plumbing

Poem Plumbing

by Maureen Ucles

All my ideas

Going down the sink

No place to go

Stopped up

I've got a poem

poem plumbing

poem plumbing problems

My sinks are clogged

Minds continually fogged

want to get 

words down

onto this screen

page

why me?

Nothing flowing

halted to the ceiling

waters flowing out

onto the floor

can't think

can't deal with this

poem plumbing problem

plugged

stopped

screeching to 

an abrupt halt

What to do?

Feeling the pressure

to amuse

my kids

their smiles

laughter

I can't write!

what a disaster

natural

in my brain

cannot think

ideas not flowing

me not knowing

calm down 

the panic

to perform

What if they 

don't like it?

What if I flop?

What if it's 

plain bad

ugly

Oh, please!

Just stop!

It will be fine.

Start to write

You will see

things just 

pop out

pop in

words fly

don't know why

Okay

will try

start some place

on this 

white 

blanketed page

for less

than minimum wage

for free

just to see

a smile

laugh

a wow

maybe tomorrow

maybe right now

No more poem plumbing

call off the dogs

got the answer

this sink's not clogged

pen to paper

paper to pen

think I can do it

in the zone

of my very own

poem plumbing

left the building

for today